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INTERPOL's CCF wants to evolve- and INTERPOL should support that evolution.

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

(This is the fourth post in a series about the CCF's Annual Report for 2012) In his speech to the General Assembly last month, the Chairman of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files raised several issues for the GA's consideration,...

2013 Livable Communities Study Released

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

On October 18, the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) and UCLA professor, Paul Habibi, released the 2013 Livable Communities Report: A Call to Action. The report picks up from Habibi’s 2012 analysis, Building Livable Communities: Enhancing Economic...

FTC Vigilant on Children’s Privacy – Rejects Proposal for Collecting Verifiable Parental Consent Under COPPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

On November 12, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in a 4-0 vote, denied AssertID’s application for approval of a proposed verifiable parental consent (“VPC”) method under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”). Under the...

Public Interest in Renewable Energy May Outweigh the Purpose of the Williamson Act; Cancellation of Williamson Act Contracts May Constitute Project Approval Under CEQA

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

After a Central Valley county cancelled Williamson Act contracts on ranchland to make way for a solar energy plant, several environmental groups sued challenging the County’s decision. The trial court found against the environmental groups. The...

Medical Identity Theft: New Recommendations By The California Attorney General To Health Care Organizations For Keeping Medical Records Healthy And Thriving

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

Unlike financial identity theft, which targets a victim’s financial health, medical identity theft threatens a victim’s very existence. The unauthorized access of a victim’s medical record not only grants the thief access to the victim’s personal...

Former Ropes & Gray associate loses retaliation case

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

Jurors deliberated only 2½ hours Wednesday before rejecting a former associate’s retaliation lawsuit against Ropes & Gray.

Defeat on Washington I-522 GMO Labeling

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

State-sponsored GMO-labeling efforts faced defeat in Washington State’s November 2013 election. Voters rejected Washington State’s Initiative Measure 522 (I-522) proposal, 51.21 percent to 48.79 percent.1 Washington’s I-522, known as the...

Judge may compete in dance-off for religious group, ethics opinion says

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

A South Carolina magistrate judge may dance in a fundraising event for a religious organization, according to an ethics opinion issued on Friday.

Charges dropped against Florida teens accused of cyberbullying girl who committed suicide

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

Aggravating stalking charges have been dropped against two Florida teens accused of cyberbullying a 12-year-old girl who committed suicide in September.

UK: Court of Appeal rules that PRS agreement covers future assigned works

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

The Court of Appeal (the Court) recently ruled that a clause in a PRS agreement with two composers, which transferred future rights in works which a composer “may acquire or own” would work to give PRS rights over future works, even those which...

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